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AAO EB-1A decision FEB042019_04B2203: Published material about the person

EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision FEB042019_04B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.

Decision summary: AAO decision FEB042019_04B2203: dismissed. Published material, judging, and artistic display met the initial threshold. Formal final merits found the record did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing.

Source reviewed: This page summarizes the specific AAO source and posture recorded in the completed source-review tracker. It does not turn a nonprecedent decision into a general rule.

Scope classification from review: Source is an AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability appellate decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID	FEB042019_04B2203
Decision date as printed	Feb. 4, 2019
Classification / field stated in source	EB-1A appellate decision, Matter of A-S-C-J-
Procedural posture	Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; dismissed after formal final merits.
Operative disposition	dismissed
Final-merits status	Formal final-merits determination after three initial criteria were met; totality did not establish the required acclaim.

What the AAO decision addressed

Published material, judging, and artistic display met the initial threshold. Formal final merits found the record did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing.

Criterion-by-criterion status in this source

These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.

Criterion	Source-review status
Awards	Not considered — p. 2
Membership	Not coded — source PDF
Published material about the person	met — p. 2, p. 3
Judging the work of others	met — p. 2, p. 4
Original contributions of major significance	Not met — p. 5
Scholarly authorship	Not coded — source PDF
Artistic display or showcases	Not coded — source PDF
Leading or critical role	Not met — p. 5
High salary or remuneration	Not coded — source PDF
Commercial success in the performing arts	Not coded — source PDF

Source-cited findings recorded in review

claim: AAO affirmed published-material and judging criteria and found artistic display met based on performances/exhibitions, then proceeded to final merits.; pages: 2; 3
claim: The four qualifying articles and multiple judging instances did not establish acclaim at the very top or sustained recognition; contributions and role evidence did not show major field impact.; pages: 3; 4; 5
claim: The AAO rejected the argument that prior O-1 approval controlled the immigrant petition and dismissed after an unfavorable final-merits review.; pages: 6

How this record may be used in research

Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion

Page-level source trail

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How to use this record

This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.

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Primary source

Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for FEB042019_04B2203